Before turning into a shouting match between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, both parties hoped to reach a deal to end the war in Ukraine. It is no surprise that Trump played his card close to the chest, while Zelenskyy refused to barge. Meanwhile, expert believes that it is high time that Russia examines its own military shortage and political chaos, too. After the heated exchange, what is the future for Ukraine? How much is the sacrifice for Ukraine not to be a member of NATO?
Alexander J. Motyl is a professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark. A specialist on Ukraine, Russia and the USSR, and on nationalism, revolutions, empires and theory, he is the author of 10 books of nonfiction, as well as “Imperial Ends: The Decay, Collapse, and Revival of Empires” and “Why Empires Reemerge: Imperial Collapse and Imperial Revival in Comparative Perspective.”
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